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You can help properly place your images, shapes and graphics by using a few built in features of PowerPoint. In this video, author Jess Stratton shows users how to add rulers, gridlines, and a center guide to make sure your items are as lined up as they can be. In addition, she'll demonstrate the Zoom tool and how it can be used to line up items.

- [Voiceover] Even using an existing layout,…it's hard to customize a plain, blank slide.…It looks like a huge, vast canvass.…Fortunately, PowerPoint has some tools…to make it a little less daunting.…Change to the View ribbon tab.…The first thing you can add is a Ruler.…In the Show group, click Ruler,…and instantly, a horizontal and vertical ruler will appear.…You'll notice as I move my mouse slowly through the slides…a red line on both rulers indicate where I am on the slide.…

This is going to help your measurements be precise.…In fact, in addition to the Ruler,…you can also add Gridlines.…Gridlines is another way to help you place items…evenly on the slide.…Finally, you can also add a Guide.…This is a horizontal and vertical bar…directly in the center of the slide…to show you where you are.…You can use all or none of these things, or just one,…whatever is going to help you do your job more easily.…

It is a little bit easier nowadays to correctly align…your photos, images, and graphics,…and I'll be showing you how to do that…

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8/15/2016

Learn to use the lesser-known features of the world's most popular presentation software, PowerPoint 2016. Find out how to customize PowerPoint by tailoring the interface and adding frequently used tools to the Ribbon. Create more engaging presentations by formatting images, creating custom icons, and animating transitions with the Morph tool. Then prepare for a standout presentation with tips on rehearsing, adding speaker notes, and creating handouts. Author Jess Stratton also offers in-depth advice for working with Excel data in PowerPoint, including how to embed charts into slides, embed an entire spreadsheet as an object, and dynamically update text from Excel in a slide.

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